From be54fc4e1eee2bcb697b7c53af991974b1ed71dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Hutterer Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:09:09 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] README: add a reference to piper.devel Fixes #238 --- README.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 921c10a..789d470 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ Contributing Yes please. It's best to contact us first to see what you could do. Note that the devices displayed by Piper come from libratbag. +For quicker development iteration, there is a special binary `piper.devel` +that uses data files from the git directory. This removes the need to +install piper after every code change. +``` +$ ninja -C builddir +$ ./builddir/piper.devel +``` +Note that this still requires ratbagd to run on the system bus. + Piper tries to conform to Python's PEP8 style guide. To verify your code before opening a PR, please install `flake8` and run the following commands to install its pre-commit hook: